As the newspapers reported itThe 1926 Versailles convict jailer

1 day of original coverage, October 30, 1926, one clipping a day from the papers of 1926. Newest last, the way readers lived it.

Saturday, October 30, 1926

The 1926 Versailles convict jailer

As printed: PRISONER ON GUARD—

New Britain Herald, New Britain, Connecticut: PRISONER ON GUARD—

ContextVersailles is a town just outside Paris; the item appeared in an American correspondent's column of notes from France. Devil's Island was the French penal colony in Guiana to which the worst-regarded convicts were sent.

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